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Epidemiology Matters offers a new approach to understanding and identifying the causes of disease - and with it, how to prevent disease and improve human health. Utilizing visual explanations and examples, this text provides an accessible, step-by-step introduction to the fundamentals ofepidemiologic study, from design to analysis. Across fourteen chapters, Epidemiology Matters teaches the individual competencies that underlie the conduct of an epidemiologic study: identifying populations; measuring exposures and health indicators; taking a sample; estimating associations between exposures and health indicators; assessingevidence for causes working together; assessing internal and external validity of results. With its consequentialist approach - designing epidemiologic studies that aim to inform our understanding, and therefore improve public health - Epidemiology Matters is an introductory text for the next generation of students in medicine and public health.

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Katherine M. Keyes, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University. Her research focuses on life course epidemiology with particular attention to psychiatric disorders, including cross-generational cohort effects on substance use, mental health, and chronic disease. She has
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Table of Contents

1. An introduction2. What is a population and what is population health?3. What is an exposure, what is a disease, and how do we measure them?4. What is a sample?5. Watching a sample, counting cases6. Are exposures associated with health indicators?7. What is a cause?8. Is the association causal, or are there alternative explanations?9. How do non-causal associations arise?10. How can we mitigate against non-causal associations in design and analysis?11. When do causes work together?12. Do the results matter beyond the study sample?13. How do we identify disease early to minimize its consequences?14. Conclusion: Epidemiology and what matters most